Vehicle-gear.



No. 827,445. PATENTBD JULX s1, 1906. '0. H. HOLDRBDGBA.

VEHICLE GEAR.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 2a. 190s.

To al?, whom] it ina/y concern;-

PATENT orrion.

j wEsTERLY, yRHODE ISLAND.

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Beit known that 'I, GHARLES HOLD- REDGE', a-citizen ofthe United States, residing at Westerly, in the county-of Washing-l ton and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Gears, 'of which-"the following is a specification. n

This `invention is in that class of vvehiclegears in which a horizontally-cranked axle is used, my object being to improve the means provided for connecting the'spring to between the the axle and also to improvethe connection spring and the `body of the v ehicle.

My said invention is illustrated in the an- L nexed drawings, Figure l being a rear side elevation ofthe majorportion of thefront axle, showing also the spring connected thereto by my improved `means and showing also an improved form of circle-'plate by means of which the body is mounted upon the irontA spring. Fig. '2 is a top view of the parts shown in Fig. 1` with the rocker-arm and upper half of the circle-plate removed.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectiona view taken on line 3 Soi Fig. 1 lookingin the direction of the arrow, Fig. 4 shows edge and plan views of the plate by means of which the sprin end is connected to the axle-arm.

Re erring to the drawings, the letter a, denotes a horizontally-cranked axle, and l) indicates a metallic plate secured to the under side of the axle-arm by ordinary cli s c. The platee?) is providedtwith a stud li, that engages a corresponding hole in the under side ofthe axle-arm to preventfboth t endwise and lateral disarrang'ement of the plate l) with respect to said arm in the event vthatthe clips c become loosened, The plate b is formed with a depressionl b2, which serves as a half-bearing'lto receive and support a f parts a low-hun gear is provided, and the.

link d, whose free end portion sup ortsthe spring e, as is best seen in Fig. lof t e drawy means `of the described arrangement of spring is allowe to play freely without interference Vwith the central or body ortion of the axle. rangement of axle and spring by which the body of the axle is located out of vertical alinement with the said sprin I have found it necessary to provide a nove form of circleplate for supporting the front ortion of the ody. Saidplate 1s formed o two sections y esperaba-wwfmarshman. Application filed January 23,1906. :serial-Nq. 297.410.

Because of this pecu iar ar-.

Patented .my legag and g. The lowerof said sections .g fis securedto the spring e -by clips h, a block fi, of wood or other suitable material, being interposed between the circle-plate section g and the spring, the lower face of the said block being shaped to conform to the curve of the spring, so that a substantial bearing and supl port for the circle-plate are provided. The u er plate gis secured to a rocker-armlc by bo ts l, Aand the body mis mounted upon the said rocker-arm, as seen in Fig. l of the drawings. The two sections g g of the circle-plate are pivotally connected by a king-bolt a, that lis located immediately over the cranked axle a, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) and the lower end of Lsaid bolt lies in and is su ported by a brace o, that extends rearwar vand upwardand is secured to the body of the vehicle by boltso. It will now be understood that the upper circle-plate section g is rigidly secured to the body of the vehicle, while the lower section g is secured to and adapted to rock with the front spring, the pivotal connectionfnl between the circle-plate sections being located in vertical alinement with the front axle. f

My described construction provides a lowhung gear in `which all of the component parts are easily accessible and may be cheaply produced and assembled.

Having thus described my invention, I

claimy1.'The combination with a horizontallykcranked axle, of transversely-depressed plates clipped to the axle and having studs engaging openings in the under side of the 'axle-arm, links pivotally held in said transverse depressions, and a spring connected at its ends to said links. y 2. The combination with a horizontallycranked axle, of vtransversely-depressed, plates clipped to the axle and having studs en aging openings in the under side of the ax e-arm, links pivotally held in said transverse depressions and springs connected at yits ends to said links, and a circle-plate secured toy said spring and formed in sections with their pivotal Vconnection invertical alipernent with the y'cranked portion of said ax e.

3. The combination with a'horizontallycranked axle, and a sprin connected pivotax e, of a circle-plate tion is secured7 and a king-bolt pivotally con- :roov

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necting said sections and arranged in vertical aliienient With the cranked portion of said ax e.

4. The combination with a horizontallycranked axle7 and a sprin connected pivotally at its ends to said axle, of a circle-plate in sections, one of Which is secured to said Spring7 a rocker-arm to Which the other section is secured, a king-bolt pivotally connecting said sections and arranged in Vertical alinement With the cranked portion of said 

